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I wish Obama wouldn't give in to right-wing jerks who think there's something insidious about a fist bump. Everyone does it, even little boys!

Speaking of right-wing jerks – hey clinton/McCain, anyone who would move from Clinton to McCain needs more than "handlers," they need a straightjacket!

July 1, 2008 08:34 pm at 8:34 pm |

Michael G- Ventura ca

I've been fist-bumping with scores of OBAMA supporters since that happened. We have a chance to elect a REAL PERSON for President! YES WE CAN!

July 1, 2008 08:34 pm at 8:34 pm |

NIk

Geez, enough of this shallow "journalism" CNN. When was the last time you actually ran a substantive story on the candidates that wasn't about personalities, polls or surrogate sniping???

July 1, 2008 08:35 pm at 8:35 pm |

mike

Another Flip-Flop. What a loser. HAHAHA!

July 1, 2008 08:36 pm at 8:36 pm |

Roger from CA

Oh, come ON! Does Obama need to draw so much attention to each time he tacks to the center for the general election?

Barack: You don't need to change your ways in response to each ludicrous rumor email on the Internet! Here, just because some idiot calls it the "terrorist fist bump" (or was it Jon Stewart saying it to make a point about the ridiculous nature of the life these rumors take on?) doesn't mean you have to react by running away from it.

These may seem like trivial things, but the way you suddenly started wearing flag lapel pins all the time after discounting (correctly) their importance, and now things like this, you aren't winning any points in the "strength of your convictions" and "being your own man" departments.

Anyone who wouldn't have voted for you because of your fist bumps, wasn't going to vote for you, anyways!

July 1, 2008 08:37 pm at 8:37 pm |

tisha

So sad that this was made such a big deal by people that the man can't give a fist bump ( or dap ) to a little boy, Because the media and crazy people have made it such a big deal, and totally would rather focus on things of this nature rather than real issues it is very sad indeed.

July 1, 2008 08:37 pm at 8:37 pm |

Texas Trail Dog

YES, THAT WAS A FAMOUS BUMP. IT WAS NOT SPONTANEOUS. NOTHING THE OBAMAS DO IS SPONTANEOUS. YOU COULD TELL BY WAY THAT MICHELLE LOOKED IT WAS REHEARSED AND PLANNED. JUST LIKE HIS PLANTED HECKLERS AT McCAIN'S SPEECH, JUST LIKE THE PLANT IN SC WHO AGITATED BILL CLINTON. HE HAS GOOD CAMPAIGN MANAGERS THEY KNOW BECAUSE BILL TAUGHT THEM. THERE IS NOTHING SO FAR OBAMA HAS DONE ALL BY HIMSELF. FOR ALL YOU ALPHA AND OMEGA SAYERS YOU SHOULD BOW YOU HEADS IN SHAME TO COMPARE THIS IDIOT TO GOD. OH MY. WHERE IS AMERICA HEADED.

July 1, 2008 08:37 pm at 8:37 pm |

Jeffrey McCune

Hey,

I just feel OBAMA campaign is becoming WAYYYY too accomodating for dominant cultural values. Isn't change about Shaking it up and opening up new forms of communication styles? I love Obama but he can't do this ANYMORE. (it may not be serious to some, but this is becoming a trend of this campaign, which can bleed over into other issues.)

July 1, 2008 08:38 pm at 8:38 pm |

Andrew

1) I don't care if he does a back flip let alone a fist bump, he's not getting my vote.

2) Obama is a media spectacle and marketing package.

July 1, 2008 08:38 pm at 8:38 pm |

Pinoy_Ako

Don't dump the fist bump... nothin' wrong with it

July 1, 2008 08:39 pm at 8:39 pm |

Franklin

Can you imagine Richard Nixon giving a high-5?

Probably not.

Can you imagine Dubya giving one?

Yes, you've seen it on the news.

I don't need to explain that further.

July 1, 2008 08:40 pm at 8:40 pm |

Alex

WHO CARES??
Still not voting for him unless he puts Hill on the ticket!

July 1, 2008 08:40 pm at 8:40 pm |

LindaA1

First, he flip flops on fist bumping. Second, he throws another thing under the bus. Third, he runs to the standard handshake middle leaving his stunned liberal fist bumpering base in the dust.

July 1, 2008 08:41 pm at 8:41 pm |

busyatwork

How rude of Obama to reject this poor boy! He was probably counseled by his advisors against fist-bumping and, as is his usual form, "ditched" the gesture in order to increase his electability. It's what he did with Rev. Wright and his church (and no black church for him in the future, he says because voters won't understand), because Rev. Wright called him what he is: a politician who will say anything to get votes.

July 1, 2008 08:41 pm at 8:41 pm |

Joe - Wilmington, DE

Newsworthy?

Not!

July 1, 2008 08:42 pm at 8:42 pm |

FRED Atlanta, GA

Fist bumping became widely popular for WHO??? Because as far as I can remember fist bumping is nothing NEW!!! It's is OLD just like bushes chest bump! I mean come on get serious people!!!

July 1, 2008 08:43 pm at 8:43 pm |

Gayle

How about "Obama Refuses Fist Bump with a Child"? Isn't that the kind of headline you used when Chelsea wouldn't give an interview.

The skewing of news and headlines by CNN is sickening.

July 1, 2008 08:44 pm at 8:44 pm |

Orisseau

shame one cnn. I can't believe that makes news. You don't have anything else to report

July 1, 2008 08:44 pm at 8:44 pm |

tremlett

this fist bump saga itself says how useless the media is.

July 1, 2008 08:44 pm at 8:44 pm |

Ian M

*sigh* I can't believe this. The right is so demonizing him...

July 1, 2008 08:44 pm at 8:44 pm |

James, Seattle

The non story of them all.
And to the "Clinton" supporters that are going McCain....Wow you really missed her point.

July 1, 2008 08:45 pm at 8:45 pm |

Tommy Hussein in St. Louis

I'm still waiting to hear a satisfactory explanation, based in truth and with actual evidence, of how a willingness to perform the fist bump serves as an indication of terrorist sympathies on one's part. Anyone who thinks he/she knows can also add an explanation of how Barack and Michelle Obama's fist bump is different than the fist bumps that professional athletes and ordinary people do every day. I'm sure I'll be waiting for a long, long time.

July 1, 2008 08:45 pm at 8:45 pm |

mkay

In Texas we call that "taters" or "biscuits."

July 1, 2008 08:46 pm at 8:46 pm |

NO way!

Obama refused a young boy's attempt at the equivalent of a handshake?

Obama is so elitist, and without any interest in the people.

Can you imagine dissing a child?!

July 1, 2008 08:46 pm at 8:46 pm |

noella

obama and michelle were so cute when they did that, it made them seem real